Caven

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Caven by the numbers

Caven was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Caven

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Caven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cavanhollow or cave9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
  • Caden1,715 in the US (2017)
  • Casen341 in the US (2017)
  • Calen42 in the US (2017)
  • Cavon5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Caven

Names that are said the same way as Caven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
  • Kavon37 in the US (2017)
  • Kayvon35 in the US (2017)
  • Kavan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaven19 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiven12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Caven

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